If your best example of a "legacy feature" that people miss, and the absence of which makes the Thinkpad 25 a bad machine is "status lights", then all I can say is - enjoy living in your fantasy that someone, somewhere is going to build / crowdsource / drop out of the blue sky "the machine of your ...

"In the legacy sense"? What does it even mean? If all the discussions on this forum (including this very thread) taught me anything, it is that everyone defines this "legacy" differently from others... Which retains the main characteristics of classic models. Like, status lights. I think most peopl...

Get a life. The Thinkpad 25 is a fine machine in the technical sense. The problem is its limited availability and (at this point) no plans of continuation. Life has precisely taught me that the T470-25 was a horrible machine in the legacy sense. But this has been discussed to death already on the T...

I agree with Puppy. Most people haven't been comfortable with the trackpoint. In this day and age where touching the computer screen is seen as an input, I very much doubt there are many trackpoint users left. They (we) are a dying breed. One more reason for us to go our own way and finally crowdfun...

A 'real' Thinkpad Classic that all can agree on ... • the 'proper' keyboard. • a really good screen. • a chassis that doesn't have acres of space around the screen. I think that's the minimum, and although there'd be grumbling about other features (status lights, aspect ratio etc etc), this is the ...

Stumbled upon this : Lenovo, Fujitsu, and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) on Thursday announced plans to form a PC joint venture. Lenovo will own a 51% stake in the new venture – giving them the controlling stake of what is becoming of Fujitsu's PC business – while Fujitsu and DBJ will smaller s...

Take solace in the fact that as a buyer, you've encouraged to release more classic-ish laptops. Because Lenovo only understands the market through sales. Thus you sacrificed your money for the greater good.

... or so goes the story pushed by a number of people. You might even have been amongst them.

The SurfaceBook 2 keyboard is NOT a thinkpad keyboard.. Hence the enticing idea of replacing it with a Thinkpad keyboard. and the ports are lackluster and no removable battery. So no it can't replace a Thinkpad. But there hasen't been a real Thinkpad in a long time, so this would in effect be bette...

It is doubled, at least on Czech layout http://notebook.cz/clanky/recenze-notebook/2017/lenovo-thinkpad-t470s/p1240155.jpg The key is completely useless because [|], [\], [*], [&] are also on other keys where it is supposed to be. Lol you have keys with four characters on it ?! That's completely ne...

Does “some people” refer to a certain shil poster on the Reddit ThinkPad subforum? Because I’m fairly certain that is controlled opposition at this point, considering the party line copy/paste answers he has in defense of everything Lenovo does these days. Two or three of them, actually :lol: There...

The new Microsoft Suface Book 2 width 3:2 display und 15" with a Thinkpad keyboard ... https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16481628/microsoft-surface-book-2-price-release-date-specs-availability-processor Oh boy, oh boy... I just realised just how big this news is :eek: But the biggest new feature ...

I think Lenovo did the best they could within the constraints they had ... but in the end every project is a balance of technical requirements, cost, and schedule. Lenovo did the WORST they could. Their only constraint were the penny-pinching brainless beancounters that seem to rule there. - Lots o...

Why DID Lenovo go down the drain? A lot of people blame the IBM/Lenovo branding buy out but thinking about it, Lenovo kept the ThinkPad pride until recently, the real question is why. There are plenty of good and innovative models such as the T420 and the w700ds, and more! Even the highly praised t...

All in all I'm so disappointed at Lenovo. Instead of putting a lot of effort into designing a new backlit slightly thinner keyboard they could have designed a new chassis and just slap the old - still in production keyboard there. None of us fans would have cared if the system was 3mm thicker... An...

Just stumbled on your thread as I rarely visit this section. Sorry to hear about your health issues and the ensuing need to sell your collection. What a difficult thing to do
I hope you've at least collected a good amount of money by now.

That's also what I was thinking. 3D printing could reduce the number of needed moulds. Making the files open-source could also ensure an eventual maintainability - even better than today. Instead of having to hunt for parts on Internet and computers to scavenge from, just print your part at home or ...